"My two sons are alumni of YEBW; both have attended year 1, the eldest has attended year 2. They both have a better understanding of business, and are now passionate about business as their careers. They have always been exposed to business as a result of interacting with me and my friends. Now they actively engage in the conversations -- constantly probing, challenging and forming conclusions. YEBW has started them on the path to being businessmen."
Jeff Gaus
CEO, Prolifiq Software
"The weeks spent at YEBW were invaluable in so many ways as an introduction to how business works. But by far the most impressive and important aspect was the huge self-confidence boost that both of my children gained through this experience."
Scott Richmann
Farmers Insurance
YEBW 2013 Programs
- Run a company
- Network with business leaders
- Explore a college campus
- Gain confidence
For first-year students at YEBW, Business Week immerses you into the world of business, career preparation, and fun! Whether you want to become a doctor, lawyer, athlete, or any other professional, there are business and leadership skills essential for your success. Guided by a volunteer from the business community, each student-led company participates in company management, mock interviews, an etiquette dinner, dance, and much more.
- Learn investing skills and methods
- Gain perspective from industry experts
- Simulate stock market investments
- Reconnect with last year's friends
For returning students, Investing Week explores the world of personal and corporate finance, teaching students valuation methods for stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Students compete in a week-long stock portfolio competition and analyze a mutual fund and stock of their choice, presenting their small group’s recommendation to buy, sell, or hold to a panel of judges acting as investors.
- Start your own business
- Compete in team challenges
- Simulate an entrepreneurial experience
- Establish valuable connections
Students in the Apprentice Week program must have completed Investing Week or Business Week and their junior year of high school. This advanced program challenges each student to prepare a full business plan, run an on-campus business as a team, and present their individual work to a panel of judges acting as potential company investors.